Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To separate, divide. · To split, part; to go away, depart. · To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with. · To give birth to twins.
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. · Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc. · Either of two or more things, people, etc. that share a single feature. · A friendly term of address, typically for men.
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (“double/two each, twin”), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).
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- Inherited-form mentiontwinneenm
- Inherited-form mentionġetwinang
- Inherited-form mention*twinazgem-pro · double/two each, twin
- Inherited-form mention*twinjazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*dwino-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiontwynsco
- Cognate mentiontweelingnl
- Cognate mentionZwillingde
- Cognate mentiontvinnurfo
- Cognate mentiontvennais
- Cognate mentiondvynyslt
- Cognate mentionдвойняru
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